Abraham Rose Jr. was born October 5th, 1803 at Utica, OneIda County, New York; was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints In August, 1836, by Elder Orson Hyde. He soon after emigrated to Ohio, and next to Nauvoo where he arrive In October, 1843. He passed through the mobbing, persecution and expulsion of the Saints from that place, coming to Council Bluffs In 1847, and to Salt Lake in 1853. At age 80 years, 11 months, and 5 days on September 10, 1884 in Farmington, Utah he dIed as he had lived, a true and faithful Latter-day Saint, an affectionate husband, and a kind and loving father.